Why prescribers of antipsychotic medications should know about acute dystonia

Acute dystonia is a distressing and potentially very serious side effect that can occur soon after an antipsychotic medication is started. As you know already, acute dystonia is a prolonged, involuntary, and painful contraction of any muscle in the body, for example, face, eyes, mouth, tongue, neck, trunk, or limbs. Why is acute dystonia still…